# What is this screw? called?

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**Created:** [August 26, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-screw-called/989126 "2023-08-26T11:48:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-screw-called/989126/13 "2023-08-26T14:19:28Z")

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So … apropos of nothing …

> [@Cool Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827):
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> I was chatting with my brother about some DIY stuff recently, and I somehow uttered two ‘words’ that immediately struck me as cool: Grub screw Plinth block Which made me think about a whole litany of words that, IMHO, are just inherently cool – either because of the way they sound or what they mean. Got any that come to mind ?

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